diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 20d1ecdad..e785458d5 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 variables:
   FDO_UPSTREAM_REPO: wayland/weston
   FDO_REPO_SUFFIX: "$BUILD_OS/$BUILD_ARCH"
-  FDO_DISTRIBUTION_TAG: '2022-07-13.00-wayland-protocols-1.26'
+  FDO_DISTRIBUTION_TAG: '2022-10-14.00-aml-0.2.2-neatvnc-0.5.4'
 
 
 include:
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/build-deps.sh b/.gitlab-ci/build-deps.sh
index 3c8f36fc0..6836aa63b 100755
--- a/.gitlab-ci/build-deps.sh
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/build-deps.sh
@@ -163,3 +163,17 @@ meson build -Dauto_features=disabled \
 ninja ${NINJAFLAGS} -C build install
 cd ..
 rm -rf seatd
+
+# Build and install aml and neatvnc, which are required for the VNC backend
+git clone --branch v0.2.2 --depth=1 https://github.com/any1/aml.git
+cd aml
+meson build
+ninja ${NINJAFLAGS} -C build install
+cd ..
+rm -rf aml
+git clone --branch v0.5.4 --depth=1 https://github.com/any1/neatvnc.git
+cd neatvnc
+meson build -Dauto_features=disabled
+ninja ${NINJAFLAGS} -C build install
+cd ..
+rm -rf neatvnc